Today our host for August’s Open Write, Scott McCloskey of Michigan, encouraged us to write poems from the perspective of someone or something in any painting or its artist. You can read his full prompt here. I chose the Woodstock Festival. Since the photos are copyrighted, I can’t share the actual photo I chose, but it’s available at this link: https://artsandculture.google.com/story/AwUBOlaLnlGyLA
Once you get there, scroll down. It’s about the 14th picture in the collection. There is a woman playing a flute and a man playing a drum. There is a yellowish lab-type dog in the background, mixed in with all the people milling about. My poem is from the perspective of the drum player, clearly lost in the music and, if thinking anything, thinking to his own beat.
Ain't Nobody Ain't nobody gonna steal my joy, Ain't nobody gonna steal my song, Ain't nobody gonna steal my beat, Ain't nobody gonna steal my drum, Ain't nobody gonna steal my groove, Ain't nobody gonna steal my love, Ain't nobody gonna steal my peace, Ain't nobody gonna steal my shirt, Ain't nobody gonna steal my dog, Ain't nobody gonna steal nothin' of mine 'Cause I'm a sharin' man, Yeah, I'm a sharin', man.
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